Families and Communities
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Student Characteristics
State
Your district
Student eligibility for subsidized lunch
43%
81%
Students from Various Racial/Ethnic Backgrounds
Students Receiving ESL/Bilingual Education Services
5%
11%
Students Receiving Special Education Services
16%
20%
Summary Paragraph(s)
The Central Falls district as compared to the state of Rhode Island in teaching standards appears to be nearly on equal footing according to statistics collected in 2010-2011. Teachers with Emergency Certification are uncertified individuals who can be granted permission to teach in public schools when qualified candidates are unavailable. Central Falls and Rhode Island schools only employ a limited amount of these teachers; Central Falls having a mere 2% of the teaching staff with emergency certifications, only slightly larger than the state percentage of 1%. The amount of not high qualified teachers is also low. Rhode Island only employs 3% of teachers who fall under this category while Central Highs is again marginally higher at 6%. Not high qualified teachers are defined as those who do not meet the criteria determined by the state to be "highly qualified." This criteria includes: having a Bachelor's Degree, state certification, displaying competency in core academic subjects by having a major or passing a knowledge exam. The ratio of students to teachers is self-explainatory; state statistics indicate that there is an average of one teacher for every 11 students in the schools of Rhode Island. Central Falls is surprisingly slightly lower than the state average, estimating about 10 students per teacher in the school systems. This data collected in Central Falls may be indicative of the reform measures the state has enforced in the schools in the past couple years.
The inhabitants of the Central Falls district are very ethnically diverse and generally have low incomes. These community aspects are reflective in the language and financial information collected in the CF school systems. The percentage of students who qualify for subsidized or reduced lunch in this region is extremely high at 81% of all students. This percentage is drastically higher than the state's which falls at 43%. The cultural diversity of the area accumulates many foreign-speaking peoples, many of whom require Bilingual or English as a Second Language education services. 11% of all Central Falls students require these services, this is moderately higher than the state's by 6%. Misunderstandings may occur from language barriers in schools which could account for the percentage of students who need Special Education. 20% of the students in Central Falls need Special Ed, again only a bit higher than the state's 16%
NECAP scores for the district are pitifully low across the board. In almost every grade, less than half of the students test proficient in math, reading, writing, and science. Only in fourth grade math, fourth grade reading, fifth grade reading, and eighth grade reading do more than half of students test proficient, and those figures are just barely above 50%. The trend reaches extreme lows of 04% in eighth grade and eleventh grade science, also dipping to 08% in eighth grade science. The highest percentage of proficiency is in fourth grade reading, which is at 58% proficient. Low scores are not a new change in Central Falls. Scores for the 2010-2011 school year were actually up from previous years. Blame for these low scores cannot be place on teachers, nor on the school, but rather on the system.
State and District Data Collection
Students • Teaching • Families
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Student Achievement
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NECAP
Teaching
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Teachers
Families and Communities
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Summary Paragraph(s)
The Central Falls district as compared to the state of Rhode Island in teaching standards appears to be nearly on equal footing according to statistics collected in 2010-2011. Teachers with Emergency Certification are uncertified individuals who can be granted permission to teach in public schools when qualified candidates are unavailable. Central Falls and Rhode Island schools only employ a limited amount of these teachers; Central Falls having a mere 2% of the teaching staff with emergency certifications, only slightly larger than the state percentage of 1%. The amount of not high qualified teachers is also low. Rhode Island only employs 3% of teachers who fall under this category while Central Highs is again marginally higher at 6%. Not high qualified teachers are defined as those who do not meet the criteria determined by the state to be "highly qualified." This criteria includes: having a Bachelor's Degree, state certification, displaying competency in core academic subjects by having a major or passing a knowledge exam. The ratio of students to teachers is self-explainatory; state statistics indicate that there is an average of one teacher for every 11 students in the schools of Rhode Island. Central Falls is surprisingly slightly lower than the state average, estimating about 10 students per teacher in the school systems. This data collected in Central Falls may be indicative of the reform measures the state has enforced in the schools in the past couple years.
The inhabitants of the Central Falls district are very ethnically diverse and generally have low incomes. These community aspects are reflective in the language and financial information collected in the CF school systems. The percentage of students who qualify for subsidized or reduced lunch in this region is extremely high at 81% of all students. This percentage is drastically higher than the state's which falls at 43%. The cultural diversity of the area accumulates many foreign-speaking peoples, many of whom require Bilingual or English as a Second Language education services. 11% of all Central Falls students require these services, this is moderately higher than the state's by 6%. Misunderstandings may occur from language barriers in schools which could account for the percentage of students who need Special Education. 20% of the students in Central Falls need Special Ed, again only a bit higher than the state's 16%
NECAP scores for the district are pitifully low across the board. In almost every grade, less than half of the students test proficient in math, reading, writing, and science. Only in fourth grade math, fourth grade reading, fifth grade reading, and eighth grade reading do more than half of students test proficient, and those figures are just barely above 50%. The trend reaches extreme lows of 04% in eighth grade and eleventh grade science, also dipping to 08% in eighth grade science. The highest percentage of proficiency is in fourth grade reading, which is at 58% proficient. Low scores are not a new change in Central Falls. Scores for the 2010-2011 school year were actually up from previous years. Blame for these low scores cannot be place on teachers, nor on the school, but rather on the system.